"rgb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Rule of thumb: if your solution uses `eval' it's either buggy or > clunky. > > Interesting, I've never heard this. > My elisp isn't all that great yet so I looked for instances where > I use it.
I use `eval' only when not using it would be tantamount to implementing a metacircular lisp interpreter. > > Is there a collection of more such tips someplace? ISTR that some tips like that (i.e. using `funcall' or `apply' instead of `eval') are in the (old?) FAQ for comp.lang.lisp. But it's rather for common lisp. Oliver -- 4 Ventôse an 213 de la Révolution Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité! _______________________________________________ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs